Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-17
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Great damage was done in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and West Virgin by the gale
last week. A number o. buildings at Wheel
ing were unroofel Several buildings were
wrecked at Wooster, Ohio The spire OF the
Lutheran Church wal blown through tho roof
of the new Methodist The loss will DO heavy.
The Lutheran Church and many dwell
ings at Greensburg, Pa, were wreohed.
The Third Presbyterian Church at Wheeling,
w. Va, was unroofed, and the Mound City
Hotel at Moundsv.lle, w. Va, was partially do
stroyed At Louisville, o., the cyclone un-
rooted the Catholic Church and convent and
many houses, and leyeed trees and fences.
No lives were lost, but tho citizens were panic
stricken. Four Hungar.ans were killed at
Tyrone, Pa, by tho falling of tree under
which they had taken shelter
A bill to preve t poll G b. grain
dealers has passc the Nob .aska Sen tie
The Alabama Legislature has adopt
ed joint resolution urging the Congressional
delegation to vote for the Blair lucational
bill
A bill to prohibit DO; colts and at
taching penalty for th5 violation of the law,
if adopted, of fivS years in the penitentiary or
a fine of 81, O0o, or both, has been introduced
IN the Illinois Legislature
A committee of architects appointed
by the Minnesota House to investigate the
is liable to fall in at any momelt An ad-
journment to Market Hall wa, Immediately
advised.
Doodle" Alderman O'Neil of New
York, convicted of bribery last week in that
city, has been sentenced to four years and six
months Imprisonment aud to pay fine of
1900
DIR. Howard Crosby, in lecture be-
fore the students of Rutgers College, con-
tended that intemperance must DO dealt with
as a sin, as the pledge has proven failure,
and that the use of wine should not be con-
| demned
At Hannibal, Mo-, Mrs. Thomas II.
Bennett took her 4-year-oll daughter to
Mount olivet Cemetery, sw sllowol dose of
poison, and lay down on th1 grave of a ch Id
to die. She lacked the nerve to poison her
daughter. They lay all night in the rain, and
were re scued at breakfast-time. Tho mothers
| feet were badly frozen, but the child sto IL the
ordeal we'll
The officials of British Columbia re-
port a marked decrease in th1 arr val of Chi
namea owing to the imposition of $50 head
money.
The engagement of Mrs. Langtry,
at McVcker's Theater, Chicago, has thus far
proved the most successful one, financially,
played at that popular house in many day.
This week Tom Taylor's famous play, lady
Clancarty," will be produced The leading in
cdents and personages of the drama are his
toricaL The history of the as sassination plot
of 1886 has been told by Mac Iuay from mate
rails furnished by state trails of that time.
The story of the marriage of Lord and Lady
Clancarty while in their youth, of their long
separation and their encounter as strangers,
the rapid growth of their love, Clancarty's ar
rest by his brother-in-law, and his pardon
obtained from the king by the brave wife are
all matters of history and make up the Incl
dents Of highly interesting play.
SENATOR STANFORD introduced bill in the
Senate on the 18th inst. to provide mortars and
heavy guns for the armament OF the forts, coas
defenses, and vessels of the Unitel States
Bills were passed to repay Thomas A. Osborn,
| formerly Marshal OF Kansas, $500 public
money lost by him through TIL failure OF n pri-
vate bank to give the State OF California five
per cent. Of the net proceeds OF land sales with
in her limits, and to grant railroad rights Of
| way through several Indian reservations
| A resolution was pas sod by the Senate calling
on the Secretary OF tho Interior for information
as to the existence OF rule in the Pension
| Office whereby hearings arc refused to appli
/ cants because they have applied to Congress
for relief message was received from the
President transmitting without his approval the
dependent pension bill. The House passed
thirty-five pension bills.